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To all 'whom it may concern:

'l 4UNITED Srryrns PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. LoWEnnE, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING MOURNlNG-BADGES TO HMATS..

Specification forming `part of Letters Patent No. 18,4 17, dated `June 27,1865.

ne it known that I, fr. H. `inv/intim, or No; 148 Nassau street,in the city, county, and State -of NewYork, have invented afnew and useful Device for Securing Bombazine to Hats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full', clear, and exactdescriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art` to make and use the"sa`me, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, `forming part' of this specification.

By the usual and familiar mode heretofore practiced for securing bombazineto hats it was not only necessary to exercise much care, but it occupied a considerable length of time, 'and often greatlyAv injured and defaced the hat, as iswell'known to all conversantwth their manufacture.

To remedy these objections is therefore the object ofthe present invention, and is acoomplished thereby,'it consisting in a new andpeeuliar implement or device, to` be herein'particularly described, by .ineens of which the bombazine caribe readily,easily,and with but little care or rtrouble fastened tothe hat, and

with no danger of injuringor defacin g thesame.

In the" accompanying plate of drawings my new implement is illustrated, Figure 1 beinga side'view'of the same, showing it asapplied to a hat; Figs.2 and 3, horizontal transverse sections of Fig. 1, showing the manner of holding the bombazine to the hat while being secured thereto;- and Fig. 4, a plan or top view of th impIeU'Jentv detached from the hat. p

a a in the drawings represent two parallel upright narrow plates, made of metal or anyv other suitable material, and equal in length,

or nearly so, tothe ordinary heights of hats,V f attached togetherat one end by a cross-piece,

b, and secured at the other end to and upon the plate c,at right angles, or nearly so, to the same. i In plate c, and in the direction of its length, is a slot, d, through w-hich. passes va thumb-screw, f, of the plate g, upon which the plate amores, guided by an uprightA piece, h,

of the same. The upright plates a a. are slightly I curved, so ashto more fully'conform to the shape Y of thehat when the implementisl inserted therein, as will be presently described, and havev passing through them, across from one to the in place'and preventthem from-becoming disy engaged therefrom, as is evident without fu`r ther description.

To use the implement constructed as above described, rst remove the lining from the hat and turnits sweat-linin g, so termed,outwar:d,

as represented in Fig. 1, andas usual by the modes of fastening bombazine to hats heretofore employed; then insert the implement within the hat, with its plate g across and resting upon the inside of the top portion, and with its outer end, o, against `one side of the saine, (prevlously, however, having arranged all the pins of the plate-frame so that their points shall not project beyond the plate a/,) then move the plate a' toward the side of the latrnearestlto j it until it comes to a close bearing therewith for its entire height, where it is .securedpand held by screwing/the set-screw f sufficiently tight upon the plate e,- then, holding the hat" in properv position,1'ilace oneend of the bomba' zine upon the outside of the same, at or'aeross that'part of it opposite Lto the-frame set upon f its inside, as described, and there secure it by pushing a sufficient number of the pins of the frame through it, as represented in Fig; 1, when, having passed it entirely around the hat, and brought its other end to and over the part held by the pins, secure the same together and to the hat in any proper manner, or by any of the means ordinarily employed therefor. i

From the above description of my new implement and the manner in which it is used it is plainlyapparentthatnotonlycaubombazine be more readily and easily secured tchats than by the ordinary mode, and in lessa time, but` that, also, there is no possibility of injuring or breaking7 (as it is termed) the hat, for the reason that the frame-piece held against its inside serves as a support thereto and holds it firm and rigid. y u j j Although I have abovestatcd that the usual lmeansmay be used for securingV the ends of the bombazine together and to the\hat,I find nfpraet-ice (by using a thin and narrow plate of metal ot' the same length,or vnearly so, as

` the heightto which the bombazine is to extend upnjard upon-the hat, provided upon one of its vsides'with a series ot'y sharp projecting spurs or `pointspwhichplate, with its spurs outward,

is laid upon theend of the bomba-zine held by the pins, and its other end, as it passed around the hat, placed over and upon the spurs, vas

represented in Fig. 2, when it is taken by the hands and so turned over as to bring itspoints against the hat, through which they are forced,

' and then fastened by nipping` or in any other lproper manner upon the inside) that the boinbazine is thus firmly and securelyy held, and a neat and tasty seaml formed, the plate whenv reversed in position, asV above described, being turned in the proper direction to cause it to be covered'by the fabric. The implement, `after havin-g secured the bombazine to the hat in hold it as to allow it to be stretched or pulled to any desired hat.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The implement herein described for securing bombazine to hats.

THOMAS H. -LOWERRE degree of tightnessl about the Witnesses: o

M. M. LIVINGrsfrolr,v ALBERT W. BROWN. 

